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Post by: brady on February 17, 2003, 11:34:13 AM

???

Title: Name This...(443)
Post by: Viper17 on February 17, 2003, 11:59:34 AM

USN 5in AA turret?

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Post by: Nashwan on February 17, 2003, 12:55:33 PM

British 5.25?

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Post by: Monk on February 17, 2003, 01:06:09 PM

?............ahh 5 inch?;)

Title: Name This...(443)
Post by: Rasker on February 17, 2003, 01:07:34 PM

I'd go with Brit 5.25, main armament on the Dido class AA cruisers.  I dont think they ever actually formed main armament on any British destroyer class

Title: Name This...(443)
Post by: frank3 on February 17, 2003, 01:11:38 PM

Could be wrong but I'm not sure this is AA, looks a bit heavy for that.

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Post by: MiloMorai on February 17, 2003, 04:12:35 PM

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Originally posted by frank3
Could be wrong but I'm not sure this is AA, looks a bit heavy for that.

frank you can tell it is an AA turret from the amout of elevation the turret allows. The barrel can go almost, if not, vertical.

Looks like a 5.25" turret from a Dido class AA cruiser.

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Post by: pugg666 on February 18, 2003, 08:09:07 AM

not the mount from the Dido class.

though it still might be a 5.25"

here's a pic of both the 5.25 and 4.50' used on the Dido's

foreground is the 5.25, background is 4.50

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Post by: MiloMorai on February 18, 2003, 08:57:52 AM

Pugg this is what I based the statement on(as on HMS Sirius)

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/5520/gb/sirius1.jpg

Note there is the 'vents'(??) on the turret's side as in Brady's photo. In Whitley's cruiser book, the photo is much clearer.

This photo of HMS Black Prince also seems to have these 'vents' on the turret.

http://www.jeroenkoppes.com/ww2/ships/03.UK.99.008.jpeg
http://www.jeroenkoppes.com/ww2/ships/03.UK.99.009.jpeg

Could Brady's be a MK I turret while you show the MK II?

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Post by: brady on February 18, 2003, 12:30:18 PM

It is, 4.7"/50 MK XI in a Mark XX mounting.

       WOW I must say I had my reservation on posting this thought it might of been to hard but almost everyone figured it was Brittish, which was good and almost everyone had the size prety close.

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Post by: Rasker on February 20, 2003, 02:45:40 AM

hmm I dont recall which destroyer classes mounted that type of turret, Battle or Tribal maybe?

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Post by: Nashwan on February 20, 2003, 05:45:12 AM

The L and M classes